Kimberley Specialists in Research
30 Years of Recording and Researching Rock Art of the Kimberley
Archaeological Research by Archaeologist Lee Scott-Virtue. Website Dean Goodgame
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Joseph Bradshaw first described and recorded the elegant red ochre figures wearing beautiful headdresses and decorative accoutrements in 1892. He had no name for them but merely described them as not being painted by the present Aboriginals.

The introduction of multiple terms based on an ‘interpretation’ of superimposition to define the Bradshaw period has produced an extraordinary list of conflicting names and identification issues at a regional and broader geographic level.

Kimberley rock art images generally show the gender of anthropomorphic images by showing either painted breasts or other genitalia. The Bradshaw rock art images do not generally prescribe to this formula. What criteria does one use to determine gender in Bradshaw rock art?